diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-09-06-flow-debugger-followups.md.tasks.json b/docs/plans/2026-09-06-flow-debugger-followups.md.tasks.json
index a950397b..743ce6f9 100644
--- a/docs/plans/2026-09-06-flow-debugger-followups.md.tasks.json
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-09-06-flow-debugger-followups.md.tasks.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     {
       "id": 9,
       "subject": "Task 9: Playwright \u2014 browser Live run + localStorage restore (rig)",
-      "status": "pending",
+      "status": "completed",
       "blockedBy": [
         8,
         4,
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@
       ]
     }
   ],
-  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-06T16:05:00Z"
+  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-06T16:30:00Z"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Cluster/CliRunner.Helpers.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Cluster/CliRunner.Helpers.cs
index a58fc0ab..8de0c747 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Cluster/CliRunner.Helpers.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Cluster/CliRunner.Helpers.cs
@@ -406,9 +406,16 @@ public static partial class CliRunner
     /// Creates an inbound API method via <c>api-method create</c> (so it appears as a checkbox in the
     /// API-key form) and returns its new <c>id</c>.
     /// </summary>
-    public static async Task<int> CreateApiMethodAsync(string name, string script = "return null;")
+    public static async Task<int> CreateApiMethodAsync(string name, string script = "return null;", string? parameters = null)
     {
-        using var doc = await RunJsonAsync("api-method", "create", "--name", name, "--script", script);
+        var args = new List<string> { "api-method", "create", "--name", name, "--script", script };
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(parameters))
+        {
+            args.Add("--parameters");
+            args.Add(parameters);
+        }
+
+        using var doc = await RunJsonAsync([.. args]);
         return RequireId(doc, "api-method create");
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Deployment/FlowDebuggerFixture.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Deployment/FlowDebuggerFixture.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38dc3508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Deployment/FlowDebuggerFixture.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests.Cluster;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests.Deployment;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// <see cref="IAsyncLifetime"/> fixture for the Flow Debugger E2E tests: provisions ONE ephemeral
+/// inbound API method through the CLI and deletes it on dispose, so the tests never depend on
+/// rig-seeded methods (the <c>FlowOutboundDemo</c> / <c>DelmiaRecipeDownload</c> stand-ins) and
+/// never need the login-disabled override — the Playwright fixture logs in through
+/// <c>/auth/login</c> like every other page test.
+///
+/// <para>
+/// The method takes one <c>Text</c> parameter and echoes it. Its script also carries a
+/// <c>Route.To(...).Call(...)</c> on a branch that never executes (the target instance does not
+/// exist): the Flow Debugger's <em>prediction</em> walks that branch anyway and resolves the route
+/// target through the repository, which is exactly the path that used to deadlock the Blazor
+/// circuit (sync-over-async in <c>FlowDebugService.PredictMethodAsync</c>, fixed 2026-09-06) — a
+/// method with no route target would not exercise it.
+/// </para>
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Gated on <see cref="ClusterAvailability.IsAvailableAsync"/>: when the dev cluster is down,
+/// <see cref="Available"/> is <see langword="false"/>, nothing is provisioned and the consuming
+/// tests skip.
+/// </para>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FlowDebuggerFixture : IAsyncLifetime
+{
+    /// <summary>The parameter-definitions JSON of the ephemeral method (one required string).</summary>
+    private const string ParametersJson =
+        """{"type":"object","properties":{"Text":{"type":"string"}},"required":["Text"]}""";
+
+    /// <summary>Whether the cluster was reachable at setup and the method exists.</summary>
+    public bool Available { get; private set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Id of the ephemeral inbound method (0 when unavailable).</summary>
+    public int MethodId { get; private set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Name of the ephemeral inbound method (its <c>POST /api/{name}</c> segment).</summary>
+    public string MethodName { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public async Task InitializeAsync()
+    {
+        Available = await ClusterAvailability.IsAvailableAsync();
+        if (!Available)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        MethodName = CliRunner.UniqueName("flow");
+        const string script =
+            """
+            var text = Parameters.ContainsKey("Text") ? Parameters["Text"]?.ToString() : null;
+            if (text == "route-me")
+            {
+                return await Route.To("zztest-no-such-instance").Call("Process", new { });
+            }
+            return new { ok = true, echo = text };
+            """;
+        try
+        {
+            MethodId = await CliRunner.CreateApiMethodAsync(MethodName, script, ParametersJson);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            Available = false;
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public Task DisposeAsync() =>
+        MethodId > 0 ? CliRunner.DeleteApiMethodAsync(MethodId) : Task.CompletedTask;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Deployment/FlowDebuggerTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Deployment/FlowDebuggerTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10b9a374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Deployment/FlowDebuggerTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using Microsoft.Playwright;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests.Cluster;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests.Deployment;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Real-browser coverage for the Flow Debugger page (follow-ups plan 2026-09-06, Task 9):
+/// a Live run of an inbound method completes and draws a graph, and the method choice survives
+/// a reload through the page's <c>localStorage</c> restore path. Both go through the same
+/// prediction path that used to deadlock the circuit (see <see cref="FlowDebuggerFixture"/>) —
+/// under that bug the state chip never reached <c>Predicted</c> and every later click was lost,
+/// so these tests are the browser-level guard for that fix as well.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection("Playwright")]
+public class FlowDebuggerTests : IClassFixture<FlowDebuggerFixture>
+{
+    private const string FlowDebuggerUrl = "/deployment/flow-debugger";
+
+    private readonly PlaywrightFixture _pw;
+    private readonly FlowDebuggerFixture _flow;
+
+    public FlowDebuggerTests(PlaywrightFixture pw, FlowDebuggerFixture flow)
+    {
+        _pw = pw;
+        _flow = flow;
+    }
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    public async Task LiveRun_InBrowser_CompletesAndDrawsTheGraph()
+    {
+        Skip.IfNot(_flow.Available, ClusterAvailability.SkipReason);
+
+        var page = await _pw.NewAuthenticatedPageAsync();
+        var consoleErrors = CaptureConsoleErrors(page);
+        await page.GotoAsync(PlaywrightFixture.BaseUrl + FlowDebuggerUrl);
+
+        await SelectMethodAsync(page);
+
+        // The prediction (a Roslyn walk + the route-target resolve) finished: the state chip flips
+        // to Predicted and the typed input form for the method's parameter appears.
+        await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-test='flow-state']")).ToHaveTextAsync("Predicted", new() { Timeout = 15_000 });
+        var input = page.Locator("input[data-test='flow-input-Text']");
+        await Assertions.Expect(input).ToBeVisibleAsync();
+
+        // @bind commits on change (blur), so commit the value as its own circuit message before Run.
+        await input.FillAsync("hello");
+        await input.BlurAsync();
+        await page.WaitForTimeoutAsync(300);
+
+        await page.ClickAsync("button[data-test='flow-run']");
+
+        await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-test='flow-state']")).ToHaveTextAsync("Completed", new() { Timeout = 60_000 });
+        var stepCountText = await page.Locator("[data-test='flow-step-count']").InnerTextAsync();
+        var stepCount = int.Parse(stepCountText.Trim(), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+        Assert.True(stepCount >= 2, $"expected at least the request + response steps, got {stepCount}");
+
+        // Selecting a node fills the detail panel.
+        await page.Locator("g[data-test='flow-node']").Last.ClickAsync();
+        await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-test='flow-step-title']")).ToBeVisibleAsync();
+
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(consoleErrors, e => e.Contains("JSInterop", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+    }
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    public async Task MethodChoice_SurvivesReload_ViaLocalStorage()
+    {
+        Skip.IfNot(_flow.Available, ClusterAvailability.SkipReason);
+
+        var page = await _pw.NewAuthenticatedPageAsync();
+        var consoleErrors = CaptureConsoleErrors(page);
+        await page.GotoAsync(PlaywrightFixture.BaseUrl + FlowDebuggerUrl);
+
+        await SelectMethodAsync(page);
+        await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-test='flow-state']")).ToHaveTextAsync("Predicted", new() { Timeout = 15_000 });
+
+        // The page persisted the choice; a fresh circuit restores it in OnAfterRenderAsync
+        // through localStorage and re-runs the prediction.
+        await page.ReloadAsync();
+        await page.WaitForLoadStateAsync(LoadState.NetworkIdle);
+
+        var select = page.Locator("select[data-test='flow-method-select']");
+        await Assertions.Expect(select).ToHaveValueAsync(MethodIdText, new() { Timeout = 15_000 });
+        await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-test='flow-state']")).ToHaveTextAsync("Predicted", new() { Timeout = 15_000 });
+
+        // And the page is still interactive afterwards (the deadlock left it inert right here).
+        await page.ClickAsync("button[data-test='flow-mode-replay']");
+        await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("input[data-test='flow-execution-id']")).ToBeVisibleAsync();
+
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(consoleErrors, e => e.Contains("JSInterop", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+    }
+
+    private string MethodIdText => _flow.MethodId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+
+    private async Task SelectMethodAsync(IPage page)
+    {
+        var select = page.Locator("select[data-test='flow-method-select']");
+        await Assertions.Expect(select).ToBeVisibleAsync();
+        // The option list is loaded server-side on init; wait for our method to be present.
+        await Assertions.Expect(select.Locator($"option[value='{MethodIdText}']")).ToHaveCountAsync(1, new() { Timeout = 15_000 });
+        await select.SelectOptionAsync(MethodIdText);
+    }
+
+    private static List<string> CaptureConsoleErrors(IPage page)
+    {
+        var errors = new List<string>();
+        page.Console += (_, msg) =>
+        {
+            if (string.Equals(msg.Type, "error", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                lock (errors) errors.Add(msg.Text);
+            }
+        };
+        return errors;
+    }
+}